Anthony Hill is fundraising for Nottingham Rape Crisis Centre

Anthony Hill is fundraising for Nottingham Rape Crisis Centre

Please take a look at his site and donate anything you can for this amazing cause!

MORE MAKES!

I have been busy making. After having a few weeks off I have finally got the sewing machine out again. I have been promising my daughter for about 8 weeks that I will make her a bag out of a pair of her jeans she has outgrown. After loads of comments from her I finally made it on Sunday night and I am really pleased with it. It is totally recycled, the jeans were hers and the lining and straps came from a top that I haven't worn in about 10 years!

The literally 20 minutes ago I made her a skirt. When we found the top to make the lining of the bag, my daughter went through my cupboard and picked out loads of my clothes that she would like me to change into something for her! Somethings I said no to but the first top that she picked she loved so much so I had to cut it up! Because of the design it works really well as a skirt for her. I hope she likes it when she sees it in the morning.

BUSY BUSY BUSY

Its been almost a month since I last posted on here and I have been really busy. Unfortunately not with crafting!

I have managed to make a little tie top for myself from a pattern I received with the latest Sew Magazine. I was really pleased and it only took me an hour or so from start to finish.

The main thing I have made this month is a coat for my daughter. I know it is the hottest time of the year but I had a cord skirt that I never wear and I thought it would look great as a coat! It took me ages to pick it all apart as it was in long, thin strips. I managed to sew them together to make it look like a design feature on the coat. The coat now has three seams down the back and the arms have a seam running over the top. I'm really pleased that they actually look like they are supposed to be there!

The next item I am making is a 'jeans bum bag' again for my daughter. It is basically a bag made from the bum part of a pair of jeans. Because she is a girl she has some very cute jeans that she has grown out of so I am going to use a pair of them, I'm just trying to find some material to line the bag with. I have to make it soon though, she wants it for her holiday!